Sustainability · March 2025
Issue42
The Plant-Forward Congress Menu
Catering teams at large congresses are quietly rebalancing menus toward plant-based options, driven as much by cost as by delegate preference.
Sustainability
March 2025
No. 42 — March 2025
The Plant-Forward Congress Menu
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What Issue 42 covers
Catering teams at large congresses are quietly rebalancing menus toward plant-based options, driven as much by cost as by delegate preference.
This brief is drawn from Issue 42 of PLENARY Magazine, published March 2025. The full digital edition includes the complete feature, supporting data, and interviews with association executives, convention bureaux and PCOs referenced in this story.
Also in Issue 42
- Destination and venue updates from across the global MICE market
- Association leadership interviews and governance case studies
- Industry data on congress attendance, budgets and technology adoption
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